Anchor for check-row wires.



S. P. FOSTER.

ANCHOR FOR CHECK HOW WiRES.

APPLICAHDN HLH) NOV.12, X91?- Patenmd "Mar. :3; 191% 51% w n to:

L9. P E5261" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL KERRY FOSTER, OF AUGUSTA, ILLINOIS.

I ANCHOR FOR CHECK-ROW WIRES.

To all whom it ma com-em:

Be it known' t at I, SAMUEL P. Fos'run, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Anchors for (,heck-Row Wires; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andfix kdescrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it zipper tains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide anextremely simple and inexpensive, yet a highl eflicient and durable anchoring stake for t e-ends of check row wires, provision being made whereb each time the wire is set, it will be pl under equal tension so that the hills of corn will be alined both longitudinally and transversely of the field, thus facilitating cultivation.

With the foregoing general obf'ect in'vicw the invention resides in the nove features oi construction and unique combinations of part8 to'be hereinafter fully described'and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accompanyin drawings which form a part of this cation and in which: a

Figure-1 is a side elevation;

Fig.2 is a horizontal section on the plane of the line2-2 of 1;

*Fig. 8 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line83 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is an enlar ed section showin more articularly the cab e guide and the 0g for oldin the cable.

In t e drawin above briefly described, the numeral 1 esignates a suitable stake having a head 2 at itsuplper end,.said stake bein formed with a ea a guiding opening 8 ow said head and having in one side a 4 whichopens into said 0 ning 8. A

said armserving to so port an an ri 'd arm 5 extends horizont y from the si e of the stake 11einote from the recess 4 and is spaced downwardly from said recess, lar lever 6 whose lower end is lcrumed ereto.

One end of the link 7 is pivoted to the lever 6 at its angle, the other end of said link being pivoted toan ear 8 on a cap 9 which closes one end of a cylinder 10. A rod 11 passes throughthe other end of said cylinder and is provided on its inner end with a disk 12 havin an indicator 13 which extends outwardly t rough a longitudinal slot 14 in the cylinder-.10, a coiled spring 15 Specification at Letters Patent,

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

Application flied November 12, 1917. Serial No. 201,609.

being interposed between the disk 12 and the end of the cylinder remote from the cap 9. The outer end of the rod 11 is provided with a hook or the like 16 for engagement with one efid of the check row wire 17 as shown in Fig. 1.

A cable 18 is secured to the upper end of the lever 6, said cable assing through the guide opening 3, where y a pull upon said cable Will rock the lever so as to place the spring 15 under tension, thus properly holding the wire 17. In order to prevent return of the cable 18 through the opening 3, a cable gripping dog 19 is ivoted 1n the recess 4, the lower end of sai dog engaging the cable as shown clearly in Fig. 4, whereas the upper end of the dog serves as a. releasing handle.

In operation the hook or the like 16 is engaged with the check wire 17 and spring 15 is placed under tension until the indicator 13 is opposite the oint 20 of Fig. 1, this having been done t e stake 1 is driven into the earth and the cable 18 is now pulleduntil indicator 13 moves opposite point 21. B operating the device 111 this manner see time, it is insured that the 'tension on the check wire will be the same when' planting all of the rows, and thus these rows will be alined both longitudinally and transversely of the field, to facilitate cultivation. The

device is very simple and inexpensive, yet it a will be obvious that the same will be highly efiicient and durable. Since probably the best results are obtained from the several sipecific details shown and described these etails are preferably emplo ed, but 1 wish it understood that within t e scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minor chanmay well be made.

I c o u i i 1. A check wire anchor comprising a stake having: cable guide-near its u er end, a lever crumedto said stake an viii its upper end disposed opposite said gui e, a wire tensioning device connected to said lever a cable secured to said lever and assing slidably throu h said cable guide,w ereby a pull u on sai cable will rock and lever to set sai tension device, and means for holding said cable against return through said inde.

2. check wire anchor comprising a stake having near its upper end a cable guiding opening and a recess in one of its sides 0 enlng into said opening, an arm exten ing horizontally from the side of the stake opposite said recess and located below the latter a lever fulcrumed at one end tosaid arm and having its other end disposed opposite said opening, a cylinder pivotally connected at one end to said lever and havindg a lon itudinal .slot, a rod slidablein' sai lin er throu h the other end thereof, an indicator on sai rod extending throu%h the slot of the cylinder, a springin said cy inder for resisting movement of said rod, means on the outer end of said rod for connecting it to the check wire, a cable secured to the upper end 'of said lever and sliding throu 'h said open mg whereby a pnll on said ca 1e will rock 20 said lever to tension the spring and -yieldablypull upon the checkwire; and a dog pivoted in said recess to prevent return of the cable through said 0 ening.

In testi nony Whereo I have hereunto set 25 my hand 1n the presence of two subscribing w1tne$es.

SAMUEL PERRY FOSTER.

Witneses: v JOHN,C. Mnmnn'rn,

J. H. RICE. 

